| Spanish novelist Juan Marse wins Cervantes Prize(By DANIEL WOOLLS, Associated Press Writer Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-27 14:11) | | MADRID, Spain – Novelst Juan Marse, known for his descriptions of hardship in his native Catalonia region after Spain's civil war, has won the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor — the Cervantes Prize. Culture Minister Cesar Antonio... |
| PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS(By The Associated Press The Associated Press 2008-11-27 12:09) | | HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 2. "The Christmas Sweater" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions) 3. "Just After Sunset: Stories" by Stephen King (Scribner) 4. "Divine Justice" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishin... |
| WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS(By The Associated Press The Associated Press 2008-11-27 12:09) | | FICTION 1. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers) 2. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 3. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers) 4. "The Christmas Sweater" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editi... |
| Publisher disputes reports of book-buying freeze(By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer Hillel Italie, Ap National Writer 2008-11-27 00:40) | | NEW YORK – Reports of a buying freeze at Harcourt Houghton Mifflin is news to the publisher of one its imprints. "I don't work at the Harcourt offices so I called to find out if the story was true," Otto Penzler, whose Otto Penzler Books specializes... |
| Bra for the boys an online bestseller in Japan( 2008-11-26 00:10) | | TOKYO (Reuters) – Who said bras are only for women? A Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they've quickly become one of its most popular items. Since launching two weeks ago on Rakuten, a major Japanese web s... |
| Most expensive new book arrives in NY from Italy( 2008-11-26 00:10) | | NEW YORK – It's billed as the world's most expensive, most beautiful new book. Valued at well over $100,000, a 62-pound handmade tome depicting the life and work of Michelangelo has arrived at the New York Public Library, fresh from publication in I... |
| Auchincloss writes about the 'old guard'(By CARL HARTMAN, For The Associated Press Carl Hartman, For The Associated Press 2008-11-26 00:06) | | "Last of the Old Guard" (Houghton Mifflin Company, 212 pages, $24) by Louis Auchincloss: At age 91, Louis Auchincloss lists 47 books of fiction and 19 of nonfiction before the title page of his new novel. So it would be natural to think that "Last of the... |
| Laura Bush confirms she's shopping a book proposal(By FRAZIER MOORE and HILLEL ITALIE, Associated Press Writers Frazier Moore And Hillel Italie, Associ 2008-11-25 20:06) | | NEW YORK – First lady Laura Bush confirmed to The Associated Press that she is planning a memoir and has met with publishers. "I've been talking to some publishers, but nothing has happened yet — just a few visits," she said in a telephone inte... |
| Most expensive new book arrives in NY from Italy( 2008-11-25 20:06) | | NEW YORK – It's billed as the world's most expensive, most beautiful new book. Valued at well over $100,000, a 62-pound handmade tome depicting the life and work of Michelangelo has arrived at the New York Public Library, fresh from publication in I... |
| John Updike wins special Bad Sex in fiction prize(By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer Jill Lawless, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-25 20:06) | | LONDON – It's not quite the Nobel Prize, but John Updike has a new literary accolade: laureate of bad sex. Updike, who has a long and graphic history of detailing coupling on the page, won a lifetime achievement award Tuesday from judges of Britain'... |
| Lawrence Block shares a little bit of pulp fiction(By CHRIS TALBOTT, Associated Press Writer Chris Talbott, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-25 20:06) | | "One Night Stands and Lost Weekends" (HarperCollins, 384 pages, $14.95), by Lawrence Block: Beware the book whose author admits in the introduction he's afraid to read the stories that follow: "I'm scared I'll decide not to publish them after all, and it'... |
| Bra for the boys an online bestseller in Japan( 2008-11-24 19:16) | | TOKYO (Reuters) – Who said bras are only for women? A Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they've quickly become one of its most popular items. Since launching two weeks ago on Rakuten, a major Japanese web s... |
| Random House to digitize thousands of books( 2008-11-24 08:50) | | NEW YORK – With e-book sales exploding in an otherwise sleepy market, Random House Inc. announced Monday that it was making thousands of additional books available in digital form, including novels by John Updike and Harlan Coben, as well as several... |
| Publishers cash in on Obama book boom(by Jitendra Joshi Jitendra Joshi 2008-11-24 07:48) | | WASHINGTON, (AFP) – The literati are back in charge of Washington as sales of books by, related to or merely mentioned by Barack Obama rocket ahead of the author-politician's entry into the White House. Tomes by Obama himself occupy the top three sp... |
| Random House to digitize thousands of books( 2008-11-24 07:48) | | NEW YORK – With e-book sales exploding in an otherwise sleepy market, Random House Inc. announced Monday that it was making thousands of additional books available in digital form, including novels by John Updike and Harlan Coben, as well as several... |
| Burroughs-Kerouac book not worth the wait(BY BRUCE DeSILVA, Associated Press Writer Bruce Desilva, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-24 00:10) | | "The Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks" (Grove Press, 214 pages, $24), by William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac: More than 60 years ago, when Jack Kerouac was 23 and William S. Burroughs was 30, they were arrested in New York City for helping a friend cov... |
| For actor Roger Moore his word is his Bond(By Steve James Steve James 2008-11-24 00:10) | | NEW YORK (Reuters) – After 60 years in the make-believe world of acting, Roger Moore admits to telling the occasional fib or little white lie now and again. Not that that should prevent anyone from reading his memoir, "My Word is My Bond,"... |
| Gladwell gives his take on achievement(By HENRY C. JACKSON, Associated Press Writer Henry C. Jackson, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-24 00:10) | | "Outliers: The Story of Success (Little, Brown and Company, $27.99), by Malcolm Gladwell: If the old saw is that you should always remember where you came from, Malcolm Gladwell has an addendum: Don't just remember it — study it. Gladwell's new book,... |
| "Twilight" publisher sees film boosting book sales(By Claudia Parsons Claudia Parsons 2008-11-24 00:10) | | NEW YORK (Reuters) – Described in publishing circles as America's answer to Harry Potter, the teen-age vampires of "Twilight" may reach a wider audience when the movie of the book comes out Friday with the publisher hoping for a surge in b... |
| Bra for the boys an online bestseller in Japan( 2008-11-24 00:10) | | TOKYO (Reuters) – Who said bras are only for women? A Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they've quickly become one of its most popular items. Since launching two weeks ago on Rakuten, a major Japanese web s... |
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